Cleistocactus winteri
Cleistocactus winteri
Cleistocactus winteri is a flowering plant in the genus Cleistocactus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Cleistocactus winteri growing shrubby branched at the base, hanging or creeping, herbaceous and reaches diameters of 2 to 2.5 cm lengths of up to 1.5 meters. There are 16 to 17 exists slightly furrowed ribs. The present thereon brown areoles are close together. The golden-yellow spines are flexible, thin and straight. The 20 powerful central spines are 5 to 10 millimeters long. The 30 radiating spines are 4 to 10 millimeters long.
Depending on the position of the shoots, the flowers are up to outwardly bent to upright. They are 4-6 inches long and reach a diameter of up to 5 centimeters. The flowers remain open for several days. The flower tube is more or less orange pink and expanded their most schiefsaumigen muzzle funnel-shaped. The bloom is orange-red. The outer ones are radiating bent back to something that the inner much shorter and upright. The stamens and the style protrude from the flower. The barrel-shaped, green to reddish green fruits are 7-10 mm long and achieve just such diameter.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Cleistocactus winteri is common in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz in the province of Florida at altitudes of about 1400 to 1500 meters, where it hangs on rocks. The first description was in 1988 by David Richard Hunt.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is called " Endangered ( EN ) ', ie performed as endangered.